Dipper-handle.



No. 665,!50. I Patented Ian; I, I901. c. L. WAGANDT.

DIPPER HANDLE.

(No Model.)

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CHARLES L. WAGANDT, OF, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

DlPPER-HAN DLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 665,150, dated January 1, 1901. Application filed August 28, 1900. Serial No. 28.282. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. WAGANDT,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dipper-Handles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved construction of handle-sockets for dippers and analogous utensils; and its object is to provide a device of this character which may be made of sheet metal, be cheap and easy to manufacture, and which will be light, strong, and durable and take the place of the heavy cast-iron handle-socket in use to-day.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in which the upper end of the handle-socket is shown in side elevation, the lower end and dipper-bowl beingin section to show the rivet that attaches them. Fig. 2 is a view of the sheet-metal blank from which one member of the handle-socket is formed. Fig. 3 is a similar View of said member after the blank has been stamped in the second operation. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of said member at a further step in the manufacture. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line 4. 4 of Fig. 4. Fig. 5 is a top view of the other sheet-metal member of the handle-socket in condition to be interlocked with the firstnamed member shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a side View of the same. Figs. 7 and 8 show views of the completed handle-socket. Fig. 8 is a cross-section on the line 8 8 of Fig. 8. Fig. 9 is a side view of the two members of the handle-socket, but detached and in juxtaposed position.

Broadly considered, my invention consists in a handle-socket composed of two members, each formed out of sheet-tin plate or other thin and suitable metal. One member has one end coiled and the coiled edges overlapped to form a sleeve or socket for a wood handle, and a double tongue projects from one end of said sleeve, and the other member is adapted to'fit within the open side edges of the firstnamed member and at one end is provided with two spaced-apart lugs adapted to straddle said double tongue, and each lug taking under the adjacent side of the overlapped sleeve,whereby to interlock the two members.

In the description of the manner of manufacturing the handle-socket reference is to be first had to Fig. 2, wherein A designates a blank which is preferably cut from scrap-tin plate and is provided with an elongated middle portion a, a part-circular end I), having an aperture 12', and a wide opposite end 0. Where the wide end 0 joins the elongated portion a the blank is formed at its opposite side edges with two notches or recesses d, which form tongues e, adjacent said recesses. After the flat blank has been out into the form just described it is nextstamped or struck up into the form shown in Fig. 3, in which theelongated middle portion a is concaved or dished from side to side by having its edges slightly turned up toward each other. The wide end portion 0 is also concave from side to side and is provided'with grooves 0', extending along its inner and outer end and forming beads, and the opposite end is bent, as at b where the circular end b adjoins. The circular end is thus below the plane of the other portions of the blank and is inclined in the opposite direction, as best seen in Fig. 9. The third step in the manufacture is illustrated in Fig. 4, wherein the side edges of the elongated middle portion (tare bent'still farther toward each other and the wide end portion 0 is coiled into approximately circular shape,withitsside edges overlapping and with the two tongues 6 also overlapping and forming a double tongue. In this manner one member of the handlesocketis formed. A small hole f is punched in the end of said member, as shown. The wide portion 0 of the blank, it will be seen, thus forms a sleeve or socket which is adapted to receive a suitable handle L, and the hole f receives a small tack, which is driven into the wood handle whereby to secure the handle to the socket. The other member of the handle-socket B is shown detached in Figs.

5, 6, and 9. This member is also stamped up From the opposite end of said member project two small lugs i-one at each turned-up edgeand each lug has an undercut 2'.

To assemble the two parts or members of the handle-socket, the one member B must have the end where the lugs 'i are straddle the double-lapped tongue 6, and the two lugs i must take in the notches or recesses (Z, and the undercut parts 1" hook under the adjacent edge of the sleeve 0. In order to hook the lugs i under and into the sleeve 0, the member B must be inclined at an angle of about forty-five degrees with respect to the member A. Said member 15 is then bent from its inclined position toward the member A, so that its side edges 9 will [it within the turnedup side edges of the elongated middle portion a of the other member A and with the side edges of the two members extending toward each other, as in Fig. 8. This middle portion constitutes the shank of the socket. The partcircular and concaved end h of the member B Will then tit over the cir-,

cular end I) of the member A, and the apertures b and h in said circular ends will reg ister with each other. A rivet Z is passed through said aperture to attach the handlesoeket to the dipper-bowl C, as shown in Fig. 1.

It will be observed that the joint at one end between the two members A and B is a lockjoint by reason of the two lugs 15 hooking under the adjacent edge of the sleeve 0 at opposite sides of the double tongue 6, and a very strong and sightly handle socket is thus formed, requiring no riveting and whose parts are securely held together. After the handle-socket is formed it is tinned or enameled, which gives it the solid appearance of a castiron socket and which closes all the joints and prevents the accu m ulation of dirt, so that the socket may easily be kept clean.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A handle-socket for dippers and analogous utensils, comprising two sheet-metal interlocking, members, one member being coiled to form a sleeve or socket adapted to receive a ban dle-the edges of the coiled part overlapping and having a double tongue projecting from one end, and the other member being provided, at one end, with spaced-apart lugs straddling said double tongue, and, at opposite sides, taking under the adjacent edge of said sleeve.

2. A handle-socket for clippers and analogous utensils, comprising two sheet-metal interlocking members, one member being provided with an elongated middle portion having turned-up side edges, a sleeve or socket at one end of said middle portion and pro vided with a tongue projecting from one of its ends, and the other member being provided with turned-u p side edges fitting within and extending toward the side edges of the firstnamed member, and being further provided with spaced-apart lugs straddling said tongue and taking under the adjacent edge of said sleeve.

In testimony whereof I affix myv signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. WAGANDT.

Vitn esses:

CHARLES l3. IVIANN, J12, CHARLES L. VIETSCH. 

